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MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part PAPER 2 (Sample Paper) : PAPER' After The Last Question
MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part PAPER 2 (Sample Paper) : PAPER' After The Last Question
1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet. Stick a barcode label and insert the information
required in the spaces provided.
2. When told to open this book, you should check that all the questions are there. Look for the words END OF
PAPER after the last question.
4. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. You are advised to use an HB pencil to mark all the answers on the Answer
Sheet, so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber.
5. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you will receive
NO MARKS for that question.
Section A
1. (3a) 2 a 3 =
A. 3a 5 .
B. 6a 6 .
C. 9a 5 .
D. 9a 6 .
2. If 5 3m = 2n , then m =
A. n .
2n 5
B. .
3
2n + 5
C. .
3
2n + 15
D. .
3
3. a 2 b 2 + 2b 1 =
A. (a b 1)(a + b 1) .
B. (a b 1)(a + b + 1) .
C. (a b + 1)(a + b 1) .
D. (a b + 1)(a b 1) .
A. 25 .
B. 10 .
C. 3.
D. 5.
A. 3.
B. 5.
C. 17 .
D. 33 .
A. x = a +1
B. x=a+2
C. x = a or x = a + 1
D. x = a or x = a + 2
7. Find the range of values of k such that the quadratic equation x 2 6 x = 2 k has no real roots.
A. k < 7
B. k > 7
C. k < 11
D. k > 11
A. I and II only y
D. I , II and III
L
A B
O x
A. x > 2 .
B. x > 1 .
C. x >1 .
D. 2 < x < 1 .
10. Mary sold two bags for $ 240 each. She gained 20% on one and lost 20% on the other. After the two
transactions, Mary
A. lost $ 20 .
B. gained $ 10 .
C. gained $ 60 .
A. 13 .
B. 157 .
C. 254 .
D. 411 .
12. If the length and the width of a rectangle are increased by 20% and x % respectively so that its area is
increased by 50% , then x =
A. 20 .
B. 25 .
C. 30 .
D. 35 .
A. 3:5 .
B. 6:7 .
C. 9:7 .
D. 9 : 10 .
14. It is given that z varies directly as x and inversely as y . When x = 3 and y = 4 , z = 18 . When
x = 2 and z = 8 , y =
A. 1.
B. 3.
C. 6.
D. 9.
A. 0.8%
B. 2.3%
C. 4.7%
D. 6.3%
16. In the figure, O is the centre of the circle. C and D are points lying on the circle. OBC and BAD are
straight lines. If OC = 20 cm and OA = AB = 10 cm , find the area of the shaded region BCD correct to
the nearest cm 2 .
D
2
A. 214 cm
B. 230 cm 2
O
A
C. 246 cm 2
B
D. 270 cm 2
C
17. The figure shows a right circular cylinder, a hemisphere and a right circular cone with equal base radii. Their
curved surface areas are a cm2 , b cm2 and c cm2 respectively.
r 2r
r
2
r r r
A. a<b<c
B. a<c<b
C. c<a<b
D. c<b<a
B. 28 cm .
C. 30 cm .
A B
D. 32 cm . T
sin cos(270 )
19. + =
cos 60 tan 45
A. sin .
B. 3 sin .
C. 2 sin cos .
D. 2 sin + cos .
A. 7.2 cm A B
B. 7.4 cm
C D
C. 8.0 cm
D. 8.1 cm
E F
A. 118 .
C
B. 121 .
D 28
C. 124 .
D. 126 .
A B
A. 120 .
D
B. 135 . E
105
C. 150 .
D. 165 . O
C A
30
23. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. F is a point lying on AD . BF produced and CD produced meet
at E . If CD : DE = 2 : 1 , then AF : BC =
E
A. 1: 2 .
B. 2:3 . F
A D
C. 3: 4 .
D. 8:9 .
B C
24. In the figure, ABC is a straight line. If BD = CD and AB = 10 cm , find BC correct to the nearest cm .
A. 8 cm
D
B. 13 cm
C. 14 cm
D. 15 cm
40 20
C A
B
A. a rotation transformation.
B. a reflection transformation.
C. a translation transformation.
D. a dilation transformation.
26. If the point ( 4 , 3) is rotated anti-clockwise about the origin through 180 , then the coordinates of its
image are
A. ( 3 , 4) .
B. (3 , 4 ) .
C. ( 4 , 3) .
D. (4 , 3) .
27. The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of the scores (in marks) of the students of a class
in a test.
Score (marks)
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
If the passing score of the test is 50 marks, then the passing percentage of the class is
A. 25% .
B. 50% .
C. 70% .
D. 75% .
A. 164 cm
B. 165 cm
C. 165.5 cm
D. 166 cm
A. I only
B. II only
30. The students union of a school of 950 students wants to investigate the opinions of students in the school
on the services provided by the tuck shop. A questionnaire is designed by the students union and only the
chairperson and vice-chairperson of the students union are selected as a sample to fill in the questionnaire.
Which of the following are the disadvantages of this sampling method?
A. I and II only
D. I , II and III
1 x 1
31. + =
2 x ( x 2) 2
3
A. .
(2 x) 2
1
B. .
(2 x) 2
2 x + 3
C. .
(2 x) 2
2x 3
D. .
(2 x) 2
32. The graph in the figure shows the linear relation between x and log 5 y . If y = ab x , then a =
A. 1. log 5 y
B. 2.
C. 5.
D. 25 . 2
O x
33. 10100100010012 =
6 + ki
34. If k is a real number, then 4k =
i
A. 3k + 6i .
B. 3k 6i .
C. 5k + 6i .
D. 5k 6i .
A. OAC y
B. OBD F
3 D
C. OCE
2
D. ODF E C
1
A B
O x
1 2 3 4 5 6
36. If the 3rd term and the 6th term of an arithmetic sequence are 18 and 6 respectively, then the 2nd term
of the sequence is
A. 8 .
B. 10 .
C. 26 .
D. 34 .
37. If the figure shows the graph of y = f ( x) and the graph of y = g( x) on the same rectangular coordinate
system, then
y
A. g ( x ) = f ( x 2) 3 .
y = f ( x)
B. g ( x ) = f ( x 2) + 3 .
y = g( x)
C. g ( x ) = f ( x + 2) 3 . O x
D. g ( x ) = f ( x + 2) + 3 . (2 , 3)
x sin 77
A. .
sin 56
x sin 47 47
B. .
sin 56
y x
x sin 56
C. .
sin 77
56
x sin 77
D. .
sin 47
A. 806.63
B. 829.19
C. 833.33
D. 882.18
40. The figure shows a cuboid ABCDEFGH . If the angle between the triangle ACE and the plane ABCD
is , then tan =
E H
A. 2.
F G
3
B. . 6 cm
2
5
C. .
2 D
C
12 3 cm
D. .
5 A B
4 cm
41. In the figure, A , B and C are points lying on the circle. TA is the tangent to the circle at A . The straight
line CBT is perpendicular to TA . If BC = 6 cm , find the radius of the circle correct to the nearest
0.1 cm .
A. 3.2 cm T
B
B. 3.9 cm
20
C. 4.2 cm A C
D. 4.7 cm
42. Let a be a constant and 90 < b < 90 . If the figure shows the graph of y = a cos( x + b) , then
A. a = 3 and b = 40 . y
3
B. a = 3 and b = 40 .
C. a = 3 and b = 40 . O x
140
D. a = 3 and b = 40 .
13
A. .
81
29
B. .
81
52
C. .
81
68
D. .
81
44. If 2 girls and 5 boys randomly form a queue, find the probability that the two girls are next to each other in
the queue.
1
A.
7
2
B.
7
6
C.
7
1
D.
21
45. A set of numbers has a mode of 32 , an inter-quartile range of 27 and a variance of 25 . If 3 is added to
each number of the set and each resulting number is then doubled to form a new set of numbers, find the
mode, the inter-quartile range and the variance of the new set of numbers.
A. 64 60 50
B. 70 60 100
C. 70 54 50
D. 70 54 100
END OF PAPER